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Project Manager - TA

Job Title: Project Manager - TA

Department: HR

Reporting to: VP – Talent Acquisition

Location: Santa Monica, California

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the worldʹs most successful standalone interactive entertainment company. We delight hundreds of millions of monthly active users around the world through franchises including Activisionʹs Call of Duty®, Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzardʹs World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®, and Heroes of the Storm®, and Kingʹs Candy Crush™, Pet Rescue™, Bubble Witch™ and Farm Heroes™. The company is one of the Fortune ʺ100 Best Companies to Work For®ʺ. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout the world, and its games are played in 196 countries. More information about Activision Blizzard and its products and services can be found on the companyʹs website, www.activisionblizzard.com

Your Mission

We are looking for a detail focused Project Manager for our Talent Acquisition team. As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for project managing complex, standard and non-standard Talent Acquisition programs and projects (TA systems, process improvement, recruiting programs etc.). This position is located at our corporate headquarters in Santa Monica, California, a suburb of the city of Los Angeles.

What you’ll be doing…

• Evaluating, communicating, and project planning complex and non-standard service implementations that meet internal customer requirements, milestones and deadlines, using internal and/or vendor facing project management tools.
• Improving Talent Acquisition Program Execution
• Working with cross functioning teams around process mapping, (current and future state), candidate engagement and hiring processes.
• Proactively communicating expectations and managing implementation processes as they relate to establishing timelines and setting expectations
• Conducting internal customer and external vendor implementation calls, keeping milestone and due dates on track.
• Proactively researching and identifying internal customer needs, and communicating the features and benefits associated with using new systems tools to address specific needs and situations.
• Problem solving and resolving disputes; interacting with other client services team members and departments to provide seamless support to team members.
• Continuously looking for process and workflow improvements and working towards implementing those improvements.
• Coordinating the user testing and sign off process.
• Providing consultation on business and technical analysis to project stakeholders, HR Operations, and enterprise technology team members.
• Providing status reports, keeping management advised of potential problem areas within a project timeline, and escalating any situation that may jeopardize implementation and timelines
• Directing the work necessary to complete project on time to meet or exceed implementation SLA

Player Profile

• A minimum of 2 years relevant Project Management or implementation experience in a service delivery implementation environment.
• Previous ATS (Applicant Tracking System) or CRM (Customer Relationship Management), or CMS (Contact Management System) implementation experience preferred
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Understanding of technology, ability to read and understand technical requirements
• Team player, highly collaborative Ability to manage multiple project/tasks of varying complexities while working well under pressure.
• Ability to solve complex, multi-faceted problems and solid problem-solving skills with proficient attention to detail.
  
• Ability to work with people of all technical and business backgrounds.
• Ability to work well with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience.

Your Platform

Activision Blizzard is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivaled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

* The video game industry and therefore our business are fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. #AB